Armando Marçal

Armando Marçal
Birth name Armando de Souza Marçal
Also known as Marçalzinho
Born (1956-12-17) 17 December 1956
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Genres Brazilian jazz, jazz fusion
Occupation(s) Musician
Instruments Percussion
Years active 1970s–present
Associated acts Pat Metheny Group

Armando de Souza Marçal, better known as Marçalzinho (born 17 December 1956 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a Brazilian percussionist.

Bioraphy

Marçal started in music at 14. As the son of Mestre Marçal (1930-1994) who operated the largest Brazilian samba school GRES Portela from 1978 to 1986, while his grandfather Armando Marçal was a famous samba composer and formed a famous samba duo together with Alcebíades Bide Barcelos.[1]

In United States Marcal worked with artists such as Pat Metheny, Paul Simon, and Don Cherry. In Brazil he worked alongside big names in Brazilian popular music, such as Gal Costa, Jorge Ben Jor, Veloso, John Bosco, Djavan, Vanessa da Mata, Chico Buarque, 'Blitz', Ivan Lins and Elis Regina. He was introduced to percussion in Paralamas do Sucesso and was also a member of the band 'Lulu'.[1]

Discography

Solo albums

Collaborations

With Julio Iglesias
With Pat Metheny Group
With Pat Metheny
With Stephan Remmler
With Djavan
With Paul Simon
With Matt Bianco
With Lio
With Stefano Bollani
With João Bosco

References

  1. 1 2 "Armando Marçal". PortelaWeb.com. Retrieved 2016-06-27.
  2. 1 2 "Armando Marçal". Discography. AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-06-27.
  3. ↑ "Armando Marçal "Marçalzinho"". Discography. Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-06-27.

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